Prosecutors said Thursday that they will file murder charges in the deaths of two children found in a Redding storage locker. David Bienick reports.

Prosecutors said Thursday that they will file murder charges in the deaths of two children found in a Redding storage locker. David Bienick reports.

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Updated: 8:57 PM PST Dec 17, 2015

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WEBVTT THREE NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. EDIE: ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEATH PENALT TONIGHT, A MAN AND 18 FROM SALINAS WILL BE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATHS OF TWO CHILDREN WHO'S BODIES WERE FOUND IN A STORAGE UNIT IN REDDIN >> IT WAS TERRIBLE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH ABUSE. I HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT EDIE: THIS AFTERNOON AUTHORITIES IN SALINAS DETAILED ALL OF THE CHARGES 39-YEAR-OLD TAMI HUNTSMAN AND 17-YEAR-OLD GONZALO CURIEL. GULSTAN: AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO BRING BOTH SUSPECTS BACK TO MONTEREY COUNTY. KCRA THREE'S DAVID BIENICK JOINS US LIVE FROM SALINAS TONIGHT, WITH THE NEW DETAILS REVEALED TODA DAVI TODAY THE POLICE CHIEF SAID IT WOULD BE IN BAD TASTE TO GO INTO EXACTLY HOW BADLY THE CHILDREN WERE ABUSED -- HURT. BUT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID THE CAUSE OF DEATH DETERMINED TO BE ONGOING PHYSICAL ABUSE. THREE TINY STOCKINGS HANG OUTSIDE THE NOW BOARDED UP APARTMENT IN SALINAS. AND A WOMAN WHO SAID SHE WAS A FAMILY MEMBER CAME TO PLACE CANDLES NEAR THE DOOR. >> THOSE WERE BY BABIES. THOSE WERE MY BABIES DAVID TODAY THE MONTEREY COUNTY : DISTRICT ATTORNE CONFIRMED THAT MISSING THREE DELYLAH TARA AND SIX-YEAR-OLD SHAUN TARA.,ARE -- TAR A, R AN D THE CHILDREN WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND LAST SUNDAY, STUFFED INSIDE A PLASTIC BARREL, AND LEFT INSIDE A STORAGE LOCKER IN REDDING. >> IT WAS TERRIBLE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH ABUSE. DAVID THE D.A. SAYS HE PLANS TO : CHARGE TAMI HUNTSMAN AND GONZAL CURIEL WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATHS OF THE TWO CHILDREN COME AT ABUSE CHARGES FOR A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS FOUND WITH THE PAIR AT AN APARTMENT IN QUINCY, STARVING, BEATEN, AND NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH. THE D.A. SAID THE CASE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE DEATH PENALTY BUT HE HAS YET TO MAKE UP HIS MIND WHETHER TO PURSUE IT. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE CASE AS WE GET TO KNOW MORE AND MORE. AND I MIGHT TELL YOU IT IS VERY SKETCHY NO UNDERSTANDING THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY DYNAMICS. DAVID SALINAS POLICE SAID THEY : BELIEVE HUNTSMAN WAS LIKELY THE CHILDREN'S ON -- AUNT. THEY SAY THE CHILDREN WERE LIKELY DEAD BY THE TIME THE PARENTS CHECKED INTO A HOTEL. DEBBIE CLUNG TO TWO STUFFED ANIMALS DURING THIS AFTERNOON'S NEWS CONFERENCE. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW T CHILDREN, BUT SAYS SHE AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. >> IT IS MY CITY, I LOVE IT. BUT THAT TWINKLING IN OUR EYES OF THE CHILDREN AS THEY GROW HAS KIND OF DULLED. DAVID CHILD WELFARE WORKERS : SAID THEY VISITED THE APARTMENT FOR TIME, BUT NEVER FOUND REASON TO REMOVE THE CHILDREN. TODAY, POLICE SAY THEY WANT TO BE HOME TWICE, ONCE THEY FOUND NO ONE HOME, AND THE SECOND TIME THEY FOUND THE CHILDREN DOING THEIR HOMEWORK. LIVE IN SALINAS, DAVID BIENICK, KCRA 3 NEWS. EDIE: YOU SAID THE A PLANS TO FILE MURDER CHARGES, DID THEY INDICATE WHE -- THE DA OF PLANS TO FILE MURDER CHARGES, THEY INDICATE WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN? DAVID: TOMORROW OR AFTER THAT MONDAY. THE TWO SUSPECTS WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN FROM WHERE THEY'RE LOCKED UP IN PLUMAS AND BUTTE COUNTIE , WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD.

Murder charges to be filed in deaths of 2 children found in locker

Prosecutors said Thursday that they will file murder charges in the deaths of two children found in a Redding storage locker. David Bienick reports.